churn

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

churn [churn churns churned churning] verb, noun BrE [tʃɜːn] NAmE [tʃɜːrn]
verb
1. intransitive, transitive if water, mud, etc. churns, or if sth churns it (up), it moves or is moved around violently
•~ (up) The water churned beneath the huge ship.
•~ sth (up) Vast crowds had churned the field into a sea of mud.
2. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) if your stomach churns or if sth churns your stomach, you feel a strong, unpleasant feeling of worry, disgust or fear
•My stomach churned as the names were read out.
3. intransitive, transitive ~ (sb) (up) to feel or to make sb feel upset or emotionally confused
•Conflicting emotions churned inside him.
4. transitive ~ sth to turn and stir milk in a special container in order to make butter
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English cyrin, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Low German kerne and Old Norse kirna.
Derived: ↑churn something out
 
noun
1. a machine in which milk or cream is shaken to make butter
2. (BrE)a large metal container in which milk was carried from a farm in the past

Word Origin:
Old English cyrin, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Low German kerne and Old Norse kirna.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  butter churn, boil, moil, roil